Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment) Share this | Hansard source

each and every one of her constituents was part of the largest drop in electricity prices on Australian record. But not just on Australian record—more than that it compares with what occurred under Labor. You may ask yourself what was the record of the Labor Party on electricity prices? Under Labor electricity prices went up over six years, according to the ABS consumer price index, by 101 per cent. So prices are actually dropping under us. They went up under Labor by 101 per cent.

But for the Leader of the Opposition 101 per cent is not enough. He wants more. Not only did he vote to keep the carbon tax, now that it has been repealed he wants to reintroduce the carbon tax. His policy is absolutely crystal clear: they want a carbon tax back; they are going to take it to the next election and they are going to call it something else. It does not matter what you call it, if it works like a carbon tax, if it increases pain like a carbon tax and if it increases electricity prices like a carbon tax, then it is a carbon tax.

Mr Shorten interjecting—

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